Understanding mentoring of new teachers: Communicative and strategic practices in Australia and Finland

Hannu L.T. Heikkinen; Jane Wilkinson; Jessica Aspfors; Laurette Bristol

doi:10.1016/j.tate.2017.11.025

Understanding mentoring of new teachers: Communicative and strategic practices in Australia and Finland

Hannu L.T. Heikkinen, Jane Wilkinson, Jessica Aspfors, Laurette Bristol

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Abstract

The study examines the practices of mentoring of new teachers in Finland and Australia.•The study's aim was to reflect on how mentors and mentees understood mentoring as a social practice.•Five mentoring categories emerged: opening up, facilitating, counselling, guiding and leading.•Educators need to be more explicit about differing aims, goals and values of mentoring.•Good mentoring is about balancing communicative and strategic action.

Original language	Undefined/Unknown
Pages (from-to)	1–11
Journal	Teaching and Teacher Education
Volume	71
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2017.11.025
Publication status	Published - 2018
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

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